North Schuylkill is 0-3 against Northwestern Lehigh since November of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The North Schuylkill Spartans will challenge the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with North Schuylkill sitting on five straight wins and Northwestern Lehigh on 11.
North Schuylkill will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 36) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Notre Dame-Green Pond , sneaking past 26-23. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Spartans have posted since September 6th.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Northwestern Lehigh on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Saucon Valley out of the water with a 40-12 final score. Considering the Tigers have won ten games by more than 22 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Shane Leh was the offensive standout of the contest as he rushed for 49 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 127 yards on 11 of 18 attempts.
Northwestern Lehigh was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 301 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matches.
Northwestern Lehigh didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Eli Zimmerman, Seth Kern, and Michael Lagowy picked up one apiece.
Northwestern Lehigh's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-0. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 45.8 points per game. As for North Schuylkill, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
North Schuylkill was dealt a bruising 49-7 defeat at the hands of Northwestern Lehigh in their previous matchup back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Leh, who threw for 139 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes, and also rushed for 34 yards. Now that North Schuylkill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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